Lasers and optical electronics
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- Author(s): W.A. Gambling
- Source: Radio and Electronic Engineer, Volume 45, Issue 10, October 1975, p. 537 – 542, DOI: 10.1049/ree.1975.0107, Print ISSN 0033-7722,
© The Institution of Electronic and Radio Engineers
Published 24/07/2012
Abstract
Quantum electronics led to the development of stimulated emission devices, first the maser and then the laser. The latter has made possible many applications in optical electronics, the most important of which are in communication using optical fibres.
Inspec keywords: lasers; fibre optics; quantum optics
Other keywords: optical fibres; optical electronics; laser; stimulated emission devices; maser; quantum electronics
Subjects: Fibre optics; Fibre optics and fibre waveguides; Quantum optics
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